Overview

• President Trump addressed Israel’s Knesset and said Hamas agreed to the disarmament provision in his 20‑point Gaza plan, adding the conflict in the enclave has ended.
• Air Force One departed for the Middle East for a brief visit to Israel and a Gaza summit in Egypt, as Trump also said international stabilization forces in Gaza would likely see limited use.
• Hostage exchanges began under the plan’s first phase, and Russia’s ambassador in Israel welcomed the releases, noting the return of a Donbass‑born captive.
• Russian officials reported intensified fighting in Ukraine, with blasts reported in Sumy and Kharkiv during air‑raid alerts, and the Defense Ministry claiming over 230 Ukrainian casualties in the ‘West’ sector, assertions not independently verified.
• Poland’s National Security Bureau chief said Warsaw should not extradite Ukrainian suspect Vladimir Zhuravlev to Germany in the Nord Stream case, after a court extended his detention.